Monongahela culture
Monongahela culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Woodlands (North America) from 1050 to 1635 CE, a span of 585 years. The language of its people is unknown or undeciphered.
Late Woodland people of western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern Ohio and West Virginia who farmed maize and lived in villages of up to 50 to 100 structures. By 1250 they had moved to the highlands, and they seem to have disappeared during the 1620s or 1630s.
See Monongahela culture on the interactive timeline
On these timelines: Native American history timeline.
Facts
- Dates
- 1050 to 1635 CE
- Duration
- 585 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Eastern Woodlands, North America
- Language family
- Unknown or undeciphered
Sources
The dates and description above were checked against Wikipedia: Monongahela culture.
Events in North America during its time
- Cahokia grows into a city
- The Great Drought
- John Cabot reaches Newfoundland
- De Soto and Coronado expeditions
- Jamestown founded
- Champlain founds Quebec
Neighbours in North America
- New France
- Thirteen Colonies
- Norse Greenland
- Spanish Florida
- Santa Fe de Nuevo México
- Acadia
- New Netherland
- Roanoke Colony
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Ghana Empire (Wagadu)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Srivijaya
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Khmer Empire
- Ottoman Empire
Questions
When did Monongahela culture exist?
1050 to 1635 CE, about 585 years.
Where was Monongahela culture?
Eastern Woodlands, in North America.
What language did the people of Monongahela culture speak?
It is unknown. No readable writing records it, so any link to a known language family is a hypothesis.